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Madeline Miller's novelCircewas highlighted as her personal favorite and praised for giving voice to the witchgoddess from the Odyssey.
You've written a number of brilliant books and short stories, including Circe, my personal favorite, which is about one of the goddesses that Odysseus encounters on his way home.
— Episode: What’s Epic About the ‘Odyssey’? Everyth...
Episode: What’s Epic About the ‘Odyssey’? Everything.
Madeline Miller's novelCircewas highlighted as her personal favorite and praised for giving voice to the witchgoddess from the Odyssey.
You've written a number of brilliant books and short stories, including Circe, my personal favorite, which is about one of the goddesses that Odysseus encounters on his way home.
She helps them recover from the trauma that they've been going through. And then when they do decide to go, she doesn't hold them at all. She says, fine. And she gives them incredibly valuable advice for the journey ahead.
No, I mean, anytime I'm watching an adaptation of The Odyssey, I want more of the women. ... I'm just going to be yearning for more of their stories, as I always do.
